Cinematography:
W. Howard GreeneComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth Jenns, Edgar Kennedy, J.C. Nugent (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Janet Gaynor portrays Esther Blodgett, a starry-eyed small town girl with a dream of making it big in Hollywood. Facing only rejection, Esther chances into meeting movie idol Norman Maine played by the incomparable Fredric March. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
I. Stanford Jolley
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Irving Bacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000029_a0f98d.jpg)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Pat Flaherty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000248_6efdc2.jpg)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
![Franklin Pangborn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172593_11e1e9.jpg)
Franklin Pangborn
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Carefree (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
![Clara Blandick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000322_0503b1.jpg)
Clara Blandick
Hong Kong
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
![Chuck Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/354/159354314_9d0f46.jpg)
Chuck Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Robert Homans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480886_ec12f7.jpg)
Robert Homans
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Captains Courageous (1937)
![Arthur Hoyt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098724_c45998.jpg)
Arthur Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Harry C. Bradley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/559/161559441_73389b.jpg)
Harry C. Bradley
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Kenneth Howell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948647_2b40fb.jpg)
Kenneth Howell
USA
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Lynton Brent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/018/160018319_aa2fb2.jpg)
Lynton Brent
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
King Kong (1933)
![Jed Prouty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948648_5c6eea.jpg)
Jed Prouty
USA
Best movies:
Libeled Lady (1936)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
A Star Is Born (1937)
![Wade Boteler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/989/159989131_188ce6.jpg)
Wade Boteler
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Carlton Griffin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/048/160048201_8b4093.jpg)
Carlton Griffin
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Love Is News (1937)
Charles Williams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
![Edward Hearn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/254/160254725_f78671.jpg)
Edward Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The General (1926)
Love Crazy (1941)
Myra Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Libeled Lady (1936)
![Olin Howland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/437/160437129_d65b8a.gif)
Olin Howland
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
![Luana Walters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/616/161616216_8533ba.jpg)
Luana Walters
USA
Best movies:
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Horrible Horror (1986) - a.f.
Marie Antoinette (1938)